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. PATENTED APR. 21.1908.

G. T. KENLY.

PAUGET. APPLICATION FILED MAILZZ'. 1907.

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PATBNTBD APR. 21, 190s.

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PAUCBT. I APPLIOATIDN FILED MAR. 2z.

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' To all whom 'it 'mayV concern:

UNITED sTArEs PATENT oEErcE.

GEORGE T. KENLY, OF BALTIMORE., MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE PLUMBING SJEEOIALTXY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWABE.A

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Patented April 21', 1908,

Application filed March 22, 1907. Serial'No. 363,809.

Be it known that I, ("EORGE T. KENLY, of the city of Baltimore and State of Marye land, have invented certain Improvements in y Faucets, of which thefollon-ling isa specification.

This invention relates to certain. improvements in that classl of faucets in which cold, or hot water, or'a mixture ,of both', is discharged through a single nozzle, and by the nianlpulation of a single handle.

In the description ofthe said invention which follows', reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and in which,-

Figure 1 1s a central sectional elevation of the improved faucet, and Fig. 2 4is a section of Fig. l taken on the dotted line -ac Fig.

3 is a section of Fig. 1 taken on the dotted line y-y. Fig. 4t is a top view of the handlev whereby the faucet is opened and closed, and Fig. 5 a top view of a certain nut used to hold the faucet in place.` Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 except that the arrangement of cer- -tain parts of the faucet is changed,l as will hereinafter fully appear.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawing, 1 is the vshell of the faucet adapt ed for attachment to the top or slab of a washstand. a portion of which isA shown and. de?

noted by 2. With this in view, the shell is threaded at c and provided with a nut b which is screwed into contact with the underside of the slab 2.' l

The upper end of theshell l is threaded, and onto this threaded portion is screwed the hollow head 3 having the discharge noz-A The upper mrtion of the shell is also exteriorly threaded plu 4- The means whereby t eithreaded plug 4 isl turned to raise or lower it in the she l 1, consists of a cylindrical stem 5 which passes loosely through the head 4 and has a hollow extension 7 open at the botto-111, of rectangular cross sectlon which enters a cavity in. the

plug 4. The extension 7 has one or more ports (Z which place the interior of the shell at all 'times in communication with the nozzle c.

The' ortion of the cavity in the plug` 4 which is be ow the extension 7 of the stem 5, is enlarged land provided with a bridgerc to which a rod f is loosely attached. The office of this rod will be hereinafter described.

In order-to support the stem 5 in the head smooth inner surface.

central aperture p diameter ofthe 'said nozzle.

ward movement of the piston the cylindrical between the co lar and the ported end of the shell which projects into the head, is placed an ordinary cock spring h. To reduce wear of the upper surface Aofthe collar g and the adjoiningr surface of the head, a lpacking ring y of some suitablesubstance isV interposed between them. .The packing ring also-insures a tight joint between the collar and the head, and thereby prevents leakage `when water is being drawn from the faucet.

Near the lower end of the shell 1 is an annu-1 lar partition 7c, and" below thel artition, the shell is bored to .produce a cy inder'with a On the un'der face vof the annular partitie-n is formed la raised valve seatm.

3, the stem is provided with a collar g, and 'i 9 is a hollow piston with. an open bottom i and a grated or perforated topn into which. the lower end of the rod fis tightly screwed; and between the piston and a collar o on the rod, is placed al packing gasket l() which. answers the purpose of a valve whereby the in the annular partition il: may be closed.

A cap 12 which is lscrewed over the lower end of the shell-1 is provided with anozzle L a portion of which enters the shell below the piston 9.

AIt will -be seen that the, end of the rodf en ci tends through the head of the pister' 9, and is formed into a conical valve 14 adapted te close the inner end of the nozzle '13, and the the said valve has a cylindrical extension o which .is considerably'sm'aller than the'inner In. the downextension 'v enters the nozzle and reduces its effective area considerably in advance of the action of the valve 14.

15 is the hot Water nozzle which'extends laterally from the shell 1, and ta port leading from the nozzle to the interior of the shell. The posit-ion and size of the said port arc such that it is fully covered when the aperture ,o in the annular partition l", is closed by the packing gasket 10, but which is fully disclosed when the piston 9 is lowered to its limit and the inner end ofthe nozzle 13 closed by the valve 14. I

The stem 5 is 'fitted with a handle 17 Where by the faucet is opened and. closed, and preferably eml'iraces four arms'. u which are will close the cold water nozzle and fully-disjof the handle or that which it occupies when `inner end of the cold water nozzle. is tightly .ent commonly availed of inthe manufacture tion indicated by the curved arrow in Fig. 5.

` ,moved so as to bring the arm marked Temp. over the nozzle c when hot water is admitted all flow of water is cut ofi' is that w ierein the word Oii".is directly over the discharge nozzle c. 4

The pitch of the thread on the lug 4 is suclrthat threev fourths of a comp ete rotation ol the handle'17 will effect the full movement of the iiston 9 or that in Whichthe iston is moved from the position shown in ig. 1 to the other extreme position wherein the closed by the valve 14; and in View of the coarseness of the pitch necessar 4to produce such a result, a. multiplicity o threads in stead of a single thread are used, an expediof faucets.

supposing all the parts of the faucet to he in the relative positions shown in Fig. l, it `will be seen. that the' discharge of water is en tirely cut off, and should it be desired to draw cold water the handle is turned inthe direc and by comminglil'lg with the cold water in pistonv cylinder, producesl a discharge of warm water which is defined yas temperate.

Another quarter rotation of the handle close the hot water port, the handle marked Referring now to Fig. 6, it will be seen that the cold water nozzle lnstead of being at the 'i bottom of the shell 1 is at one side thereof l and in a position similar to that of the hot g water nozzle, and that the flow of cold water l is controlled by the hollow ported piston9.' l

` l stern with a lower hollow ported an VHot vbeing then over the discharge nozzle. i

It willbe seen also that the valve seat is formed on the upper side of the artition k, consequently the faucet is opened by raising theplug 4 instead of depressing it. In other respects the construction of the two types oi `.fautets is practically the same.

thi` threadin the upper portion of the shell,

the plug being hollow and provided with a bridge at its lower end, a rod to connect the said bridge with the hollow ported piston, a

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hollow cylindrical stem having ports incom nlunicatlon'with' the discharge nozzle, the lower `end of wlnchstem enters the hollow threaded plug and has a vertical nmvenient Y only therein, and a handle whereby the said stein can he turned and thus communicate a rotary motion to the exteriorly threaded plugr and cause the raising or lowering of the hollow ported piston substantially as speeified.

2. .ln a faucet, a shell which at the upper end is interiorly' threaded and provided with a discliarcre nozzle, and at its lower end provided with inlet nozzles and means to control them, combined with an exteriorly threaded plug situated within the threaded portion of the shell, the said plug having a polygonal opening therethrough anda bridge, a rod to connect the said bridge with the means controlling the inlet nozzles, and an o erating polysonal termination whlch'rests in 'the ollow plug,rsubstantially as specied. y

GEORGE T. KENLY.

Witnesses Y WM. 1. Howfrnn, M. BARTON. 

